foresail
Noun
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Noun
foresail (plural foresails)
- (nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
- (nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
- (nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
- French: misaine
- Italian: trinchetto
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